I remember very clearly sitting in my first math class in my first term of college, talking about the Gulf War when it started. I was 18 at the time. The big concern we had was another Vietnam, dragging on for years with a new draft. There was a lot of talk on campus about that, until it became clear the war was not going to last long.
Russia invaded Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, 1979. Carter re-instated draft registration the following June. I'd just turned 18, and thought Afghanistan or Iran (hostage crisis) would be my Vietnam.
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I remember very clearly sitting in my first math class in my first term of college, talking about the Gulf War when it started. I was 18 at the time. The big concern we had was another Vietnam, dragging on for years with a new draft. There was a lot of talk on campus about that, until it became clear the war was not going to last long.
Russia invaded Afghanistan on Christmas Eve, 1979. Carter re-instated draft registration the following June. I'd just turned 18, and thought Afghanistan or Iran (hostage crisis) would be my Vietnam.
Thank goodness we remedied that mistake in 2003.